# FastRAG

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/fastrag
- **Category:** RAG Tools
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG
- **Also known as:** fastrag
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26T19:32:33.097Z

## Vioscale score

**47.4 / 100**, confidence 35% (low). Computed 2026-09-01.

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 100 | 0.052 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.084 | 5.6 | ✓ |
| repo_stars | 61.3 | 0.026 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| integrations | 24.3 | 0.09355555555555557 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| dependent_projects | 0 | 0.063 | 0 | ✓ |
| dev_activity | 0 | 0.094 | 0 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 87.8 | 0.052 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 0.073 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.136 | 0 | - |
| security_score | 0 | 0.042 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 0.084 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| community_qa_activity | 0 | 0.063 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-21, [verify at source](https://github.com/pricing). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

## About

A toolkit for researchers and developers to construct and optimize RAG applications. It provides streamlined components for retrieval and generation, with support for multiple LLM backends and hardware accelerators, and maintains compatibility with the Haystack framework.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Integrations (6)

_Independently observed._

- Haystack
- HuggingFace
- Elastic
- Qdrant
- OpenVINO
- LlamaCpp

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for RAG Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Capabilities** | |
| Hybrid retrieval | - |
| Reranking integration | - |
| Multi hop agentic retrieval | - |
| Embedding provider agnostic | ✓ |
| LLM provider agnostic | ✓ |
| Built in rag eval metrics | - |
| Citation attribution | - |
| Multimodal rag | ✓ |
| Managed ingestion pipeline | - |
| Open source | ✓ |

## Release history

| Version | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| [v3.1.2](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.2) | 2024-11-25 | stable |
| [v3.1.1](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.1) | 2024-11-24 | stable |
| [v3.1.0](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.0) | 2024-11-07 | stable |
| [v3.0.2](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0.2) | 2024-07-09 | stable |
| [v3.0.1](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0.1) | 2024-07-02 | stable |
| [v3.0](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0) | 2024-05-22 | stable |
| [v2.0](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v2.0) | 2023-12-24 | stable |
| [v1.3.0](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.3.0) | 2023-06-20 | stable |
| [v1.2.1](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.2.1) | 2023-06-13 | stable |
| [v1.2.0](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.2.0) | 2023-05-21 | stable |

## Security & compliance


Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) ([source](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FIntelLabs%2FfastRAG&per_page=100)). A count reflects scale and disclosure, not quality.

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 6 | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-21 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-21 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-21 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://github.com/pricing) | 2026-08-21 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG) | 2026-08-26 | 40% (low) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | [link](https://github.com/intellabs/fastRAG/pulse) | 2026-08-26 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 1,785 | [link](https://github.com/intellabs/fastRAG) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | [link](https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fintellabs%2FfastRAG) | 2026-08-26 | 85% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Python | [link](https://github.com/intellabs/fastRAG) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/intellabs/fastRAG) | 2026-08-26 | 95% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 22 | [link](https://github.com/intellabs/fastRAG/releases) | 2026-08-26 | 70% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FIntelLabs%2FfastRAG&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | [link](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FIntelLabs%2FfastRAG&per_page=100) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |

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